History of Fireworks - A Continuing Tradition
Fireworks begin in China in the 7th century. As the story goes a cook mistakenly mixed the wrong ingredients together and created the first explosion of fireworks. You have to wonder exactly what he was trying to cook that required these types of ingredients!At one time it was believed that the sound of the fireworks or firecrackers scared away evil spirits. Thus the tradition of starting the New Year with fireworks so the bad energy was chased away leaving only the good for the new year. Read more
